Re: Final Results - GNOME Foundation Board of Directors Elections 2015
Thanks for the good wishes. I'm only sorry I won't be able to get to GUADEC this year to meet everyone in person (family commitments). I'm looking forward to seeing everyone virtually and working together ! Jeremy. On Wed, Jun 29, 2022, 11:59 AM Fabio Duran via foundation-list < foundation-list@gnome.org> wrote: > Great news! Congratulations to the new Board members! > > > Cheers > > Fabio > > > On Fri, 2015-06-19 at 22:24 +0200, Fabiana Simões wrote: > > Hello Foundation! > > The preliminary results for this year's elections were not > > challenged. > > This means, in the next term, our Board of Directors will be composed > > of the following Foundation members: > > Allan Day > > Andrea Veri > > Christian Hergert > > Cosimo Cecchi > > Ekaterina Gerasimova > > Jeff Fortin > > Shaun McCance > > Congratulations! And many, many thanks to all Foundation members who > > participated and voted. I hope the engagement and excitement we saw > > during the elections remain active for the year :) > > Cheers, > > Fabiana - on behalf of the GNOME Foundation Membership & Elections > > Committee > > ___ > > foundation-list mailing list > > foundation-list@gnome.org > > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list > ___ > foundation-list mailing list > foundation-list@gnome.org > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list > ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Running for the GNOME Foundation Board of Directors.
Thanks so much for the seconds. I am happy to answer any Foundation Member questions on https://discourse.gnome.org/. Regards, Jeremy. On Mon, Jun 6, 2022 at 9:36 AM Kristi Progri wrote: > > Hi all, > > I second Jeremy's nomination. I believe that his experience and > knowledge will be a great asset for our community. > > Best, > Kristi > > On 01/06/2022 23:05, Jeremy Allison via foundation-announce wrote: > > Hi all at the GNOME Foundation, > > > > I would respectfully like to submit my candidacy for the GNOME > > Foundation Board of Directors. I am the co-creator of the Samba Free > > Software Project, and am employed as Samba maintainer by Google's Open > > Source Programs Office. > > > > My vision for GNOME is the following. I often give talks at Free and > > Open Source software conferences looking out onto a sea of glowing > > Apple logos from MacOSX laptops. I'd really like to change that so > > that most of these attendees are using a desktop built with Free and > > Open Source Software technologies. I'd also like to see the same > > change take place in companies and governments using desktop > > technology. > > > > I believe that GNOME is the best chance for Free Software to make > > this change and provide truly democratizing technology, accessible for > > everyone. I have been a user of a Free Software desktop since the X > > Windows days (pre-Linux and GNOME) and all my personal (and work) > > machines run Linux desktops a full GNOME desktop, or a desktop based > > on GNOME technology (Unity). > > > > We should also be mindful of the fact that any use of Free and Open > > Source Software for users is better than none, and not be shy about > > promoting the use of other Free Software desktop technologies such as > > the KDE, or other Open Source desktops where it is clear that using GNOME > > is not going to be an option. > > > > I serve on the Board of Directors of the Software Freedom Conservancy > > (https://sfconservancy.org/) and on the Board of Directors of OASIS, a > > non-profit creating and maintaining worldwide IT standards > > (https://oasis-open.org). I am also on the GNOME Foundation advisory > > board and on the Document Foundation (creators of LibreOffce) advisory > > board. > > > > Whilst being a Google employee, I have a strong independent voice > > outside of my employer, and believe in standing up for what is right, > > not just what is convenient for corporate users of Free and Open > > Source Software. > > > > I believe the right way forward for GNOME is in partnership with our > > users, developers and financial backers to help create a strong > > independent Foundation that will focus on improving GNOME and > > advocating for the use of GNOME technologies everywhere that our > > technology will help serve the public good. > > > > I have a long experience dealing with the sometimes thorny politics of > > Free and Open Source Software, and would love to be able to use my > > expertise to help the GNOME Foundation. > > > > I'm happy to answer any questions Foundation members may have about my > > background and thoughts about the future of GNOME. > > > > Regards, > > > > Jeremy Allison, > > Samba Team, > > Google Open Source Programs Office. > > ___ > > foundation-announce mailing list > > foundation-annou...@gnome.org > > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-announce > > -- > Kristi Progri| PMP certified > Program Manager at GNOME Foundation > > ___ > foundation-list mailing list > foundation-list@gnome.org > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Question to candidates: eco-friendliness
This one hits me where I live :-). I work for a company which has over 100,000 employees, all of whom it forces to commute into central offices, despite being one of the planer's largest internet companies. Quite frankly, it's insane. I would argue for face-to-face meetings to be the exception, rather than the rule, and encourage Gnome developers to help create the world's best videoconferencing collaboration stack. I understand that personal travel for young developers can be a great way to integrate them into FLOSS teams (I'm on the way to a conference hoping to do that right now) but I feel this should be focussed on new/early stage career developers and more established folks should really try and motivate local talent without having to fly around the world producing an obscene carbon footprint. I'd encourage local groups, connected by Gnome developed internet technology. The more we use this ourselves, the better we're going to have to make it work. With the end of Moore's law we also need to start making our code more efficient on smaller machines. Avoiding crypto-currencies which seem to me to be an alien conspiracy to burn as much power as possible to cook the planet would also help (FYI, in case anyone misunderstands me, that's a joke. I don't really believe this :-). This is a long term problem which will require effort on many fronts to help everyone. Jeremy On Mon, Jun 3, 2019, 10:11 AM Philip Withnall wrote: > Hi all, > > Thanks for running for the board! > > What steps do you think the Foundation could take to reduce its > environmental impact, and the environmental impact of the project as a > whole? > > I’m asking in more of an organisational sense than a technical sense. > It’s up to individual maintainers to ensure their software is not > resource-hungry, etc. > > I imagine this is the kind of question where it’s easy to just say > “yes, I care about environmental friendliness”, so I suggest you might > want to reply with your ideas about things the board could do to reduce > environmental impact — whether those things are big, small, incremental > steps to reduce our physical resource usage, or fundamental changes to > how we organise the project to reduce the impact of travel. It would be > interesting to hear them all, and how feasible/practical you think any > improvements are. > > Obviously, those who have already served on the board will have some > insight to share about what the board already does, and concrete ways > it could improve; hopefully this doesn’t disadvantage those who haven’t > already served on the board. > > Ta, > Philip > ___ > foundation-list mailing list > foundation-list@gnome.org > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list > ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Board of Directors Elections 2019 - Candidacy - Jeremy Allison
Yes, thanks for the correction Karen. Not being a lawyer means I'm often not very precise about these things (I'm very precise about my technical terminology instead :-). Yes, I checked with Google to make sure they had no objections and I was encouraged to apply for the position. I hope people who know me well know I'm fiercely independent and quite capable of acting against the interests of my employer if I personally think it's the right thing to do. Jeremy. On Sat, Jun 1, 2019, 6:51 PM Karen Sandler wrote: > On 2019-05-31 19:34, Jeremy Allison via foundation-list wrote: > > Name: Jeremy Allison > > Email: j...@google.com, j...@samba.org > > Affiliation: Google > > IRC: Don't use it - I'm too old so I use email instead :-). > > Hi Jeremy! I'm so excited to see you running for the GF board! > > > > I'd like to run for the Gnome Foundation Board of Directors > > on behalf of Google. > > Because GF is a 501c3 and a charitable organization, board members serve > in an individual capacity and not on behalf of any company. I know you > were probably just being casual with your wording choice when you wrote > this, but I felt I should double check that you probably mean that you'd > like to run for the GF board on your own behalf but bring with you the > perspective of being a Googler... is that right? > > > > > I've used Gnome for as long as it has been available > > as a GNU/Linux desktop. > > > > I don't currently contribute other than helping the > > gnome-vfs maintainers use one of the libraries (libsmbclient) of > > my primary project, Samba to access SMB1/2/3 servers. > > > > I have a long (25+ years) experience with Free and Open > > Source Software, mostly to do with my primary project > > Samba. > > > > I am on the Board of Directors of the Software Freedom > > Conservancy, and on the Advisory Board of the Document > > Foundation (LibreOffice). > > > We've very much appreciated your contributions over the years on > Conservancy's board! > > > I perform my board duties diligently as required. > > > > I'd like to help support Gnome and promote it as a > > desktop environment within Google and outside of > > Google. > > > > I've had my differences with some of the design > > decisions in the past (as Karen Sandler can attest :-), > > but I would really like to help add my experience > > and enthusiasm for Free and Open Source Software > > to the project. > > :D > > karen > ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Board of Directors Elections 2019 - Candidacy - Jeremy Allison
On 5/31/19 4:43 PM, James wrote: > Hi Jeremy! > > Really glad to see that you're running for the board! > > Assuming I'm correct in that we're allowed to ask questions to > prospective candidates here, I'll throw in a few... > (Other candidates are welcome to answer as well.) > > 1) What distribution(s) do you use on your personal and work laptops > and desktops? Work desktop uses a custom distro based on debian (gLinux). Can't go into more details due to corporate rules :-). The desktop here is based on Cinnamon, which is a Gnome3 fork I believe. At home I have several Ubuntu machines (laptops and desktops). The family generally use Canonical's Unity as that's what they got used to. I bounce between Unity and Gnome3 as distributed on the latest Ubuntu release (19.04 is the latest I upgraded). > 2) What's the biggest technical difficulty you've had with modern GNOME? Hmm. Mostly it "just works (tm)" :-). The things I used to complain about with Nautilus got re-added back in the latest releases. Would be nice to see Wayland finished and become the default display server but that's not Gnome's project. > 3) How will you help GNOME succeed on modern mobile devices where the > hardware is often very locked down or difficult to get running on? That's a really hard one :-). As you may know, I'm really not a fan of DRM, but we had some success on Chromebooks which have a developer mode allowing non-Google code to be installed due to the requirements of GPLv3 code - so GPLv3 anti-drm features (which I had a hand in adding to the license) are very important. Locked down environments are unpleasantly susceptible to security holes which can't be fixed other than by the vendor. At a recent CERT meeting in San Francisco I attended I did make the point that license compliance is the first step in being able to report a software Bill Of Materials which is the basis of tracking any security problems in the Free Software/Open Source components a company may ship (and *everyone* ships FLOSS code these days). To cut a long story short, we won't fix this overnight, but patience and education to vendors is our only possible path forward. > Thanks and good luck! You have my support =D > James Thanks ! Jeremy. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Board of Directors Elections 2019 - Candidacy - Jeremy Allison
Name: Jeremy Allison Email: j...@google.com, j...@samba.org Affiliation: Google IRC: Don't use it - I'm too old so I use email instead :-). I'd like to run for the Gnome Foundation Board of Directors on behalf of Google. I've used Gnome for as long as it has been available as a GNU/Linux desktop. I don't currently contribute other than helping the gnome-vfs maintainers use one of the libraries (libsmbclient) of my primary project, Samba to access SMB1/2/3 servers. I have a long (25+ years) experience with Free and Open Source Software, mostly to do with my primary project Samba. I am on the Board of Directors of the Software Freedom Conservancy, and on the Advisory Board of the Document Foundation (LibreOffice). I perform my board duties diligently as required. I'd like to help support Gnome and promote it as a desktop environment within Google and outside of Google. I've had my differences with some of the design decisions in the past (as Karen Sandler can attest :-), but I would really like to help add my experience and enthusiasm for Free and Open Source Software to the project. Thank you for your consideration. Jeremy Allison, Google Open Source Programs Office, Co-Author of the Samba project. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
